As we returned to Sydney from Canberra in Australia by helicopter, the pilot/owner/host’s wife PS asked if pilot DS would kindly do an aerial tour of Sydney Harbour for me. So beautiful.
DS is quite an accomplished helicopter pilot, with many firsts to his name, and who flies helicopters a lot – has quite a lot of time in them.
PS & DS are two very wonderful people. Smart, enthusiastic, talented, kind, funny, generous…
We flew up the coast a little and then turned in. DS asked Gen Yeager if he’d like to fly a bit. Okay. So Gen Yeager had control of the heli.
DS said: “My daughter lives over there,” as he referred to our 7:00, “Chuck, could you fly over there so we can wave?”
Gen Y: Okay.
He banked left – I don’t know the degrees but it felt almost horizontal – maybe 60 degrees though.
We could hear DS talking to himself: Wow, that’s quite a bank. I wouldn’t do a bank like that. But it’s Chuck Yeager and he probably knows what he’s doing –
We straightened out, did a great slow fly by, a wave, and headed back to the center of Sydney.
Quite funny! (Because Gen Yeager did know what he was doing! Don’t try this at home.)
c. GCYI